Left it at home.

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Well tonight I decided to go drinking ...

Left it at home.

I'm a big one on "any confrontation with me is an armed confrontation", because I am always carrying.

Well tonight I decided to go drinking with a friend and left my 9mm at home. Told the wife, "there is a 9mm right here all you have to do is pull the trigger"......and off I went.

Why?

In New Mexico it is illegal to take a firearm into any place that sells alcohol. This means that I am commiting a felony crime, as a concealed carry licenced citizen, carrying my weapon into a quicky mart to buy a coke, if it sells alcohol.......and they mosty all do.

Any hows, we consumed two pitchers of beer, and then rode our bicycles home.

I carry every day, and don't feel that even though I am impaired, that I would act any different then if I was not impaired. I would only draw as a last resort in a worst case scenario.

I guess that not everyone is like me though, and that we basically can't trust people to control themselves with firearms and a normal part of life; alcohol.

Venting the rational of when and where it is legal to carry.

crankin(a bicycle) in NM

Last edited by crankinNM; April 19th, 2008 at 11:08 PM.
Reason: left some words out......spelled impared wrong

It just seems to be a basic fact of life that guns and alcohol should not mix. Down here, we can carry into a quick mart or even a restaurant, but not any establishment that makes most of its money selling alcohol for consumption on the premises and we darn better not be found carrying in any situation with alcohol in our systems.

In New Mexico it is illegal to take a firearm into any place that sells alcohol. This means that I am commiting a felony crime, as a concealed carry licenced citizen, carrying my weapon into a quicky mart to buy a coke, if it sells alcohol.......and they mosty all do.

WOW that is weird I thought for sure you meant places that serve alcohol for consumption on the premises, not stores until I read OM44 post and checked the link. At least your state is going in the right direction. I would hate to have to disarm just so I could eat, that must have really sucked. In WA carry is prohibited in places or areas of an establishment that prohibits minors. Personally I see no reason to prohibit carry in any bar, nightclub or any public place where alcohol is served as long as you are not drinking and carrying. It's not like the BG disarm in bars or stop and robs as KentuckyCarry pointed out.

In New Mexico it is illegal to take a firearm into any place that sells alcohol. This means that I am commiting a felony crime, as a concealed carry licenced citizen, carrying my weapon into a quicky mart to buy a coke, if it sells alcohol.......and they mosty all do.

Not exactly accurate. According to the NM website, this section of the law changed on 07/01/2007. You can read the text from the link or below.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Section 1. Section 30-7-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1975,
Chapter 149, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"30-7-3. UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A FIREARM IN LICENSED LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENTS.--
A. Unlawful carrying of a firearm in an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages consists of carrying a loaded or unloaded firearm on any premises licensed by the regulation and licensing department for the dispensing of alcoholic beverages except:
...........(4) by a person carrying a concealed handgun who is in possession of a valid concealed handgun license for that gun pursuant to the Concealed Handgun Carry Act; provided that the licensed establishment does not sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises;

Originally Posted by crankinNM

I carry every day, and don't feel that even though I am impaired, that I would act any different then if I was not impaired. I would only draw as a last resort in a worst case scenario.

You can't be serious saying this!!!! While I'll be the first to argue that merely going into a place that sells alcohol shouldn't prevent you from carrying, once you start to imbibe, the gun should be locked up with your car keys. Alcohol impairs your cognitive functions -- and that's a fact. Alcohol & guns (just as alcohol & automobiles) don't mix.

Lets see, if you drink to you are impaired, you can not ride a bicycle, car, paddle a row boat, how do you get home??? If you call a Taxi, and walk out of the bar to get in, now you are guilty of public intoxication, if you don't leave to avoid all of the above possibilities, now you are guilty of trespass. WOW ARE YOU EVER SCREWED. Who'd ever thought!!!!